Irish Fairy Tales, Chapter XI, sentence 13
Into this teem and profusion of jolly humanity Fionn slipped, and if his mood had been as bellicose as a wounded boar he would yet have found no man to quarrel with, and if his eye had been as sharp as a jealous husband’s he would have found no eye to meet it with calculation or menace or fear; for the Peace of Ireland was in being, and for six weeks man was neighbour to man, and the nation was the guest of the High King.
Who acts: Fionn, mood, eye, Peace, nation · What happens: slip, be, find, quarrel, meet · To what, where: teem, man, jealous husband, eye, neighbour, guest
This is a sentence of «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Chapter XI. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fionn, mood, eye, Peace), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Into | into | ADP | _ | 3 teem | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 teem | det |
| 3 | teem | teem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slipped | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 profusion | cc |
| 5 | profusion | profusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teem | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 humanity | case |
| 7 | jolly | jolly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 humanity | amod |
| 8 | humanity | humanity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teem | nmod |
| 9 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 slipped | nsubj |
| 10 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 bellicose | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 bellicose | cc |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 bellicose | mark |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 mood | nmod:poss |
| 15 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bellicose | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 bellicose | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 bellicose | cop |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 bellicose | case |
| 19 | bellicose | bellicose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slipped | obl |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 boar | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 boar | det |
| 22 | wounded | wounded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 boar | amod |
| 23 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 bellicose | nmod |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 found | nsubj |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 found | aux |
| 26 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 28 found | advmod |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 found | aux |
| 28 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 boar | acl:relcl |
| 29 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 30 man | det |
| 30 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 found | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 quarrel | mark |
| 32 | quarrel | quarrel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 man | acl |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 quarrel | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 sharp | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 sharp | cc |
| 36 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 42 sharp | mark |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 eye | nmod:poss |
| 38 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 sharp | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 sharp | aux |
| 40 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 sharp | cop |
| 41 | as | as | ADV | _ | 42 sharp | advmod |
| 42 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 slipped | parataxis |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 51 found | mark |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 husband | det |
| 45 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 husband | amod |
| 46 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 found | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 46 husband | case |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 found | nsubj |
| 49 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 found | aux |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 51 found | aux |
| 51 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 sharp | advcl |
| 52 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 53 eye | det |
| 53 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 found | obj |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 meet | mark |
| 55 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 found | advcl |
| 56 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 meet | obj |
| 57 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 calculation | case |
| 58 | calculation | calculation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 meet | obl |
| 59 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 60 menace | cc |
| 60 | menace | menace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 calculation | conj |
| 61 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 62 fear | cc |
| 62 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 calculation | conj |
| 63 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 Peace | punct |
| 64 | for | for | ADP | _ | 66 Peace | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 Peace | det |
| 66 | Peace | Peace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 neighbour | nsubj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Ireland | case |
| 68 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Peace | nmod |
| 69 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 79 neighbour | cop |
| 70 | in | in | ADP | _ | 79 neighbour | case |
| 71 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 79 neighbour | cop |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 79 neighbour | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 neighbour | cc |
| 74 | for | for | ADP | _ | 77 man | case |
| 75 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 76 weeks | nummod |
| 76 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 man | compound |
| 77 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 78 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 79 neighbour | cop |
| 79 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slipped | parataxis |
| 80 | to | to | ADP | _ | 81 man | case |
| 81 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 neighbour | nmod |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 88 guest | punct |
| 83 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 88 guest | cc |
| 84 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 nation | det |
| 85 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 88 guest | nsubj |
| 86 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 88 guest | cop |
| 87 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 guest | det |
| 88 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slipped | conj |
| 89 | of | of | ADP | _ | 92 King | case |
| 90 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 92 King | det |
| 91 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 92 King | amod |
| 92 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 88 guest | nmod |
| 93 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 slipped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | past | Fionn | this teem of jolly humanity and profusion | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | Fionn's mood | as bellicose; as a wounded boar | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find | would · perfect | Fionn | no man | yet | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | |||
| 4 | quarrel | to-infinitive | Fionn not said here | no man not said here | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | Fionn's eye | sharp property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | find | would · perfect · passive | a jealous husband | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme eye=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | meet | to-infinitive | eye | with calculation or menace or fear | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme with calculation=Instrument | ||||
| 8 | is | past | the Peace of Ireland | weeks man's neighbour | to man | tree rules | |||
| 9 | is a | past | the nation | the guest | of the High King | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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